Riding your bike at night requires some special equipment to stay safe: reflectors, lights, and ideally bright clothing, but if you really want to make sure you can see what's around you and be seen by others on the road, these LED bicycle handlebars are a worthwhile project for you. It's a good, solid DIY project, and once it's finished, you're rewarded with some seriously bright handlebars that are cool to the touch and will light up the night.

You'll need LED light strips, some tubing and the appropriate wiring to power the strip, and then you'll need the six AA batteries used to power the whole affair. That's perhaps the best part: the LED strips are cool to the touch, and are wrapped around the handlebars so they offer some light in almost every direction. Plus, they're covered over with transparent waterproof tape so they can withstand the elements. The fact that a tiny battery pack powers the whole thing is pretty nice too—your bike won't be weighed down by a heavy battery brick once you're all finished mounting this to your handlebars.

Becky Stern, who came up with the idea and showcased her work over at Adafruit, walks us through the process in the video above, but if you're wondering "where can I get all of that stuff," hit the link below to the full walkthrough—all of the parts are available in the Adafruit store, and the whole project adds up to about $31. Sure, you can go out and buy a simple directional light and clamp it to the handlebars, but these are much cooler. What do you think? Any ideas to improve the design? Let's hear them in the discussions below.